General information

Call No.:

392-1-1:43/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-1-1 Video Recordings of WITNESS: Activist films of Witness: Documentary films and promotional videos of Witness

Located at

DVD-ROM #43 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-1-1_043

Date of production

2001

Date

2001

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

6 min.

Notes

Partner: Mouvement Burkinabe des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (MBDHP)

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

THE SOUL EATERS examines the challenges facing women in Western Africa, who are held responsible for unexplained deaths in their communities, and are accused of engaging in witchcraft and sorcery. In Burkina Faso, a "soul eater" is typically a woman who is past child bearing age, someone who may not have children, or someone who exhibits behavior that is somehow "socially unacceptable." Driven from their villages, often with no place to go, these women are marginalized from society, and many are unable to ever return to their homes.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)

MBDHP (Copyright holder)